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    Post by Marc™ Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:44 am

    Do you bother to go and view the body before the actual funeral?
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    Post by Nystyle709 Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:57 am

    Yep. Especially if I'm not able to attend the funeral, I'll definitely go to the wake.
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    Post by Shale Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:23 am

    I have.
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    Post by Cheaps Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:13 am

    Yes, I do.
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    Post by Chris Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:24 pm

    Only if I can't make it to the service.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:54 pm

    I've probably been to more wakes than funerals.
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    Post by Shale Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:58 pm

    When my ex-partner Jim died in New Orleans, some close friends and his current partner had a traditional wake, with him propped in a chair and stayed with him all night telling Jim stories.
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    Post by Tony Marino Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:34 pm

    I usually attend the wake rather than go to the funeral. I can't even count how many wakes I have been to.
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    Post by jennab85 Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:28 am

    I have been to a few viewings and wakes in situations in which I can't attend the funerals.
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    Post by Suzi Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:11 pm

    Only once. I have never attended a wake,but have attended many funerals. So we have paid for our cremations, there will be no funeral and only 2 people besides the remaining spouse will be allowed to view the bodies.The ashes will be given to our son in a plain pine box to dispose of anyway he wishes.
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    Post by Shale Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:31 pm

    Suzi wrote:...The ashes will be given to our son in a plain pine box to dispose of anyway he wishes.
    I plan to be cremated also - no fanfare or viewing.

    Told my daughter to either illegally throw my ashes where her mothers were thrown, (in a local butterfly garden) or throw them into the ocean. Even told her that she can flush them down the toilet - they will eventually get to the ocean.
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    Post by RedBedroom Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:42 am

    I will normally attend a wake and skip the funeral.

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